Family Travel Photo-France

June 10, 2009

The spectacular Puy du Fou theme park is one of the best family travel gems in France with outstanding shows that educate and entertain and puts Disney to shame. We were absolutely blown away by the quality of the shows and can not recommend it high enough.

The chariot race in this photo took place in a coliseum and they were going fast! They even had live lions and tigers and was so well done that it totally allows kids to get a real feel for history coming alive. I've been to lots of places and have never seen it done better. The falcon and birds of prey show was mind blowing (and we used a little of that footage in our Harry Potter video).

We will be writing more about this terrific place soon, but wanted to get a taste of it up, in case any one is planning a trip to France soon.

I also have been working on a Question and Answer post for the last several days which I planned to post today. It was loaded with great links which perhaps was too much for my very tempermental wifi here at our Barcelona campground because I lost it all a few hours ago when I tried to upload it. Ugh. Thus, I decided to put this post up to at least have something up this week. I'll get back to that after I cool down over the loss.

Wow, next time I'm in France this is definitely on my must see list. I'm a huge fan of our local Renaissance festival and this looks like a similar experience but far more engaging! Real animals? AWESOME!

Kim-Marie Evans- it's in the Vendée region. I always try to give that info and it is in the links here that give the details including their site, a review, and wikipedia. Don't miss it, you'll love it!

Alex Berger- Do that! It is truly fabulous, the birds of prey, horsemanship, viking show are all tremendous besides the gladiator show.

Amy- I'm not sure, but I don't think it can be done as a daytrip from Paris. It is absolutely worth doing whatever it takes to get there though. A friend who'd been there raved about it to me, and I thought it could not be as great as she said, but it was better!!

Lilliy- Cool! It is the 2nd most visited site in France, so there must be some way to get there as most of the people there are French.

This looks great. We visit France every year, but because my parents have a house we've always been to the same area, Provence. They are just in the process of selling it, so we'll definitely explore a different part of France next time.

Yea, looks like the names are being hypelinked a again in comments & Typepad fixed that bug! Thanks all for your patience.

Bridget- It truly is an amazing theme park, the BEST that we have ever seen. I'll have more pics & words about it soon!

Cate- The absolutely stunning shows...like nothing you have ever seen...are what makes it truly spectacular.Like all theme parks it is not cheap, but prices vary by time of year. I see on their website ( that I linked to above) it is 18 euros right now. They also have different deals like most theme parks, but I think it was a bargain at any price and well worth the money.

Victoria - You'll absolutely love it and it's in an area rather close to UK ( much closer than Provence). The educational value is outstanding!

Dominique- Yes, they do a spectacular job of making history come alive and you will see that more soon in coming stories here. Just the level of horsemanship and falconry was mind blowing not to mention the architecture and pyrotechnics etc!!

This amazing chariot race was just a small part of the coliseum gladiator show. We were so impressed!